Biography
American filmmaker Joel David Coen is known for writing, directing and producing films jointly with his brother Ethan Coen; professionally they are known as the Coen brothers. In 1984, the brothers wrote and directed Blood Simple, their first film together. The film was well received and won awards for Joel's direction at both the Sundance and Independent Spirit awards.
The brothers were recognized for their talents having been nominated for a number of awards and achievements. No Country for Old Men (2007) won them the Oscar for Best Achievement in Directing, and Best Motion Picture of the Year, as well as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Award for best director. They were also awarded the Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Fargo (1996).
Joel has been married to actress Frances McDormand since 1984. They adopted a son from Paraguay, named Pedro McDormand Coen.
Filmography
all 66
Movies 60
self 25
Producer 15
Director 12
TV Shows 6
Writer 5
Screenplay 1
Producer / Screenplay / Editor / Director
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Movie
Characters
The Jesus Rolls (2019)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Producer / Editor
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Movie
6.32
Executive Producer
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls (2016)
Movie
Director / Writer / Editor / Producer
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Movie
5.5
Screenplay
Unbroken (2014)
Movie
4.83
Executive Producer
Fargo (2014)
TV
5.85
Director / Producer / Editor / Writer
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Movie
6.46
Writer
Gambit (2012)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Producer / Editor
True Grit (2010)
Movie
6.57
Original Story
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)
Movie
6
Writer / Editor / Director / Producer
A Serious Man (2009)
Movie
5.05
Producer / Screenplay / Director / Editor
Burn After Reading (2008)
Movie
7.54
Director / Writer
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Producer / Editor
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Movie
7.83
Director
World Cinema (2007)
Movie
Director / Writer
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
Movie
10
Executive Producer
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Producer / Editor
The Ladykillers (2004)
Movie
8
Self - Director
A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty (2004)
Movie
Executive Producer
Bad Santa (2003)
Movie
6
Director / Screenplay / Editor
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Movie
10
Director / Screenplay / Producer / Editor
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Movie
5.8
Self / Producer
Down from the Mountain (2001)
Movie
Screenplay / Editor / Director
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Movie
5
Thanks
Eight (1998)
Movie
Director / Editor / Writer
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Movie
5.8
Thanks
Eye of God (1997)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Editor
Fargo (1996)
Movie
6.91
Director / Writer
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Movie
5.81
Editor / Director / Screenplay
Barton Fink (1991)
Movie
6.19
Director / Screenplay
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Movie
5.95
Oldsmobile Driver (uncredited)
Darkman (1990)
Movie
5.24
Director / Screenplay
Raising Arizona (1987)
Movie
5.98
Drive-In Security
Spies Like Us (1985)
Movie
6.03
Writer
Crimewave (1985)
Movie
Director / Writer / Producer / Editor
Blood Simple (1984)
Movie
3.5
Assistant Editor
The Evil Dead (1981)
Movie
5.92
Writer
Scarface
Movie
Director / Writer
Untitled Coen Brothers Horror Project
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1954-11-29 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Louis Park, United States
SpouseFrances McDormand
SiblingsEthan Coen
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesNew York City · St. Louis Park, United States of America
Also Known AsRoderick Jaynes, ジョエル・コーエン, Джоэл Коэн, 喬爾·科恩, 조엘 데이비드 코엔, Joel David Coen, 조엘 코엔, 乔尔·科恩, 科恩兄弟
AwardsNational Board of Review Award for Best Director, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Cannes Best Director Award, Palme d'Or, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director, National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay, Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director, London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film, Satellite Award for Best Director, Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay, Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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